/// About ///

Management / Label / Publishing / Consulting

EAT THE BEAT MUSIC is an independent artist management agency with an affiliated label (distribution through Rough Trade) and publishing company (Radar Musikkontor sub-publisher). We represent pop and rock solo artists, bands and other creative professionals (producers, songwriters, etc.). At EAT THE BEAT MUSIC we also provide consultancy services for artists, projects and companies both in Germany and internationally.

In addition to our management activities we also offer project-related services such as the coordination, planning and execution of marketing and promotion concepts, international licensing deals, international label promotion and much more.

The EAT THE BEAT MUSIC team is comprised of music industry veterans who have held a variety of leading positions since the late 90s at companies including BMG Cologne, it-sounds (Goldrush), Roadrunner Records, EMI, Celsius Management, Elektrofilm and Transmission Management.

EAT THE BEAT MUSIC’s owner Chris Klimek is a true passionate professional respected throughout the music industry for his integrity and dedication. Born in 1973, Chris augmented his own early career as a musician by studying musicology in Cologne, Germany. In 2000 Chris joined BMG Cologne as a Product Manager and later moved up to the position of A&R Manager. He started his own company Eat The Beat Music in 2003, initially as a label and publishing company, and signed a worldwide deal with Roadrunner Records for the label in 2004. Roadrunner also hired Chris on as an A&R Manager, placing him in charge of building up the repertoire in Europe for Roadrunner and the affiliated R.O.T.C. publishing company.

In 2010 Chris returned to take the reins at EAT THE BEAT MUSIC and his new company, IRON WILL, and was hired as an independent consultant by Celsius Management GmbH where he managed acts including Guano Apes, Stanfour, Ivy Quainoo and Apoptygma Berzerk. In 2012 Chris additionally joined Transmission Management GmbH as a Project Manager supervising numerous music industry productions for clients including Sony Music and Universal Music as well as for TV including Germany’s Vox channel and its popular music show X-Factor and many more. In June of 2014 Chris redirected his energies to the continued build-up and expansion of his own activities at EAT THE BEAT MUSIC.